Silvio Falcón Collection

Actor Silvio Falcón was born on November 20, 1931, in San Juan de los Yeras, Villa Clara, Cuba. He grew up in a nearby small town, La Jorobada. When he was nine years old, his family moved to La Habana.

As a child he studied at La Empresa in La Víbora. He enrolled at the Academia Municipal de Arte Dramático in La Habana at 18 years of age. In 1953, in his last year as a student at the Academia, the director Julio Aparicio chose him for the role of Arlequín in Carlo Goldoni’s “La viuda astuta," which was presented at the Anfiteatro de La Habana.

As an actor, Falcón traveled extensively throughout Cuba with the theater company Las Máscaras, led by Andrés Castro. He joined the cast in the inaugural performance of Terence Rattigan’s “Mesas separadas” at Teatro Las Máscaras on September 27, 1957. A notable role at Las Máscaras was his performance in Arthur Miller’s “Las brujas de Salem,” where he played the role of Thomas Danforth. He acted in two plays by Cuban dramatists: “Lila la mariposa” by Rolando Ferrer and “Electra Garrigó” by Virgilio Piñera with the ensemble of Francisco Morín. His only film role was “Con el deseo en los dedos,” with Minín Bujones and Enrique Santisteban in leading roles. In the early 1960s, he played the doctor in the televised production of Tennessee Williams’ “El dulce pájaro de la juventud,” presented on Gran Teatro del Sábado with cast members Raquel Revuelta, Enrique Santisteban, Enrique Almirante and other colleagues.

Falcón worked alongside the leading figures of Cuban show business from the 1950s and to the mid-1960s: in addition to the aforementioned, he worked with Myriam Acevedo, Alejandrina Acosta, Georgina Almansa, Manolo Alván, Carlos Alberto Badías, Armando Bianchi, Roberto Blanco, Leonor Borrero, Gina Cabrera, Gabriel Casanovas, Andrés Castro, Roberto Cazorla, Nilda Collado, Sergio Corrieri, Julio de Carlo, Gaspar de Santelises, Rolando Escobar, Rosa Felipe, Ernesto Gallardo, Doris García, Miriam Gómez, Mayito Herrera, Elena Huerta, Albertico Insua, Millín Márquez, Berta Martínez, Eduardo Moure, Mirta Muñiz, Silvia Planas, Antonia Rey, René Sánchez, Hilda Soto, Héctor Tejera, Tony Torres, Raúl Xiqués and others. Julio Capote was a colleague and great friend.

On May 7, 1966, Falcón emigrated to Spain where he acted with Gran Compañía Lírica José de Luna. He acted in various theaters in Madrid, including Teatro de la Zarzuela, Teatro García Barbón, Teatro Principal, Teatro Losada and others. He traveled throughout the country bringing the company’s plays to Spain’s biggest cities.

In January 1968, he arrived in New York. He worked at the Sears warehouse for a year and then at Chase Manhattan Bank for the next 22 years. He never resumed his acting career in the United States.

On August 8, 1972, he met his future partner, Roberto Palóu, at a concert organized by the New York Philharmonic in Central Park.

Falcón passed away in New York on December 25, 2017.